1900 Liverpool School Board election explained

Elections to the Liverpool School Board were held on Friday 16 November 1900. These were held every three years, when all fifteen board members were elected. There were nineteen candidates for the fifteen board member positions.

Each voter had fifteen votes to cast.

After the elections, the composition of the school board was:

Allegiance	Members	±	Votes
	6	-2	174,523
	4	0	199,688
Non-Sectarian	4	0	133,603
	1	0	107,063
	0		20,690
Independent Church of England	0		18,735
Independent Non-Sectarian	0		10,967
Total Votes cast			665,269
Electorate			105,201
Turnout			42%

• - Retiring board member seeking re-election

Elected

Allegiance	Name	Votes
	George Wise	107,063
Non-sectarian	Miss Melly *	52,909
	Michael Fitzpatrick *	50,458
	Dr. Sparrow *	50,280
	J. R. Yates	49,809
	C. McArdle *	49,141
Non-sectarian	J. C Stitt	45,280
Non-sectarian	W. Evans *	39,847
	Rev. Canon Lester *	36,427
Non-sectarian	R. G. Hough *	35,414
	J. H. Goodyear *	34,044
	Rev. W. J. Adams	33,275
	Dr. H. A. Clarke	32,801
	J. L. Bailey	29,124
	Rev. Geo. Howell *	24,309

Not Elected

	N. Bewley *	20,970
		20,690
Independent Church of England	Rev. J. Bell-Cox *	18,735
Independent Non-Sectarian	T. C. Ryley *	10,967

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Notes and References

1. [Liverpool Daily Post]